Hello there!

[pasmemris]

Hello there, it's a good thing to find a website with its finger on the world's pulse. I look forward to all that God has in store, though the woes and nastiness to come (and now) are pretty scary. Pleased to meet you.

[Maxine]

Hi Pasmemris, welcome to the forum!

[IamPJ]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!!

[JoyJoyJoy]

Welcome to RR!!

[pasmemris]

I suppose I'll write my testimony now.

Though my parents weren't Christians, I was sent to an Anglican school early on. I liked the Christmas and Easter celebrations, but I found some of the chapel sessions scary, with the room being dark and the chaplains booming voice. I left that school when I was 8, but then my Mum became a Christian when I was 10, and I started to go to church with her, much smaller church, and then I was in Sunday School. I liked to learn all the stories from the Old and New Testaments, and was enthusiastic. I used to pray, though sometimes I found the experience intimidating, God being so big and all.

I left church when I was 15 during a hymn where the organist kept playing all the wrong keys, I just felt angry. I was going to another Christian school then, and for a time that was my link to God. My prayers were less frequent and a bit angry, I was finding it a bit hard to find some joy then.

I was able to find some joy eventually through books I was reading and songs I was listening to, and was a bit more convinced through the years that life wasn't so dark and gloomy (I was a bit pessimistic).

When I was 21, I gave my life back to God after being convinced and convicted by various things, and realizing that he was the source of all godly joys, like the wonder of creation, over the space of a year.

That was quite a few years ago now, and there have been other troubles, but joys too.

[Tall Timbers]

Welcome to RR, pasmemris!

[iSong6:3]

Welcome!